diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/c/cuda.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/c/cuda.py
index 10d6bc3083..a56275f957 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/c/cuda.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/c/cuda.py
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ def make_module_req_guess(self):
         guesses.update({
             'CPATH': inc_path,
             'LD_LIBRARY_PATH': lib_path,
-            'LIBRARY_PATH': ['lib64', os.path.join('stubs', 'lib64')],
+            'LIBRARY_PATH': lib_path + [os.path.join('stubs', 'lib64')],
             'PATH': bin_path,
             'PKG_CONFIG_PATH': ['pkgconfig'],
         })